Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Hatton (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Hatton. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Hatton is located in Wood County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wood County: Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Putnam, Sandusky & Seneca.
Below are the counties that are near Hatton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hatton:
- Wood County (The home county of Hatton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatton, with the one closest to Hatton listed first.
- West Millgrove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Risingsun
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Risingsun is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingsun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
- Risingsun has also been known as:
- Risingsun village
- Wayne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Six Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Bradner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Eagleville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Jerry City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Bloomdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bairdstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Cygnet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pemberville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Portage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Crawford County
- Benton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatton, with the one closest to Hatton listed first.
- Arcadia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- West Independence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Van Buren
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Findlay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vanlue
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- McComb
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hancock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Benton Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Mount Blanchard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatton, with the one closest to Hatton listed first.
- Deshler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- McClure
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Grelton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Colton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Hamler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Malinta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Liberty Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatton, with the one closest to Hatton listed first.
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Waterville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Maumee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehouse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Toledo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- East Toledo is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Toledo
- Air Line Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- Oregon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Yondota
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Yondota is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yondota
- Bono
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bono is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- Toledo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Holland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatton, with the one closest to Hatton listed first.
- Elmore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Genoa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Clay Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Clay Center is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Martin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Oak Harbor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Curtice
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lacarne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lacarne is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacarne
- Locust Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Point is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatton, with the one closest to Hatton listed first.
- Townwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Belmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Gilboa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Leipsic Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- West Leipsic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatton, with the one closest to Hatton listed first.
- Burgoon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Helena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gibsonburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gabels Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Lindsey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Ballville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Fremont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kingsway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Green Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Shorewood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatton, with the one closest to Hatton listed first.
- Fostoria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bettsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Linden ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Maple Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Bascom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cromers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Alvada
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Fort Seneca
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
- New Riegel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Berwick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Tiffin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Adrian
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatton, with the one closest to Hatton listed first.
- Carey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mexico
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Sycamore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Wharton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Belle Vernon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Duenquat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Kirby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Upper Sandusky
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hatton, see our County-by-County Page for Hatton.
Cemeteries Near Hatton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hatton.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Hatton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hatton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hatton, with the one closest to Hatton listed first.
- Riverview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Perry Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Graham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dysinger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Jacobs Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bradner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ark Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Wendelin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fostoria Fountain Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fountain Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (383 more) ...
- Fountain Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Trinity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hatton had a population of 82 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hatton, with the one closest to Hatton listed first.
- West Millgrove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Risingsun
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Risingsun is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingsun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
- Risingsun has also been known as:
- Risingsun village
- Six Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Bradner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fostoria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jerry City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Bloomdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Rochester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- New Rochester is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rochester
- Amsden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Amsden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsden
- Rollersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rollersville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollersville
- Woodside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Woodside is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
- Oil Center ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oil Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Bairdstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Arcadia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kansas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kansas is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hatton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hatton.
Newspapers Published in Hatton ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hatton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hatton, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hatton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Hatton:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Wood County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Hancock County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Ottawa County
- Putnam County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca County
- Wyandot County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hatton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hatton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |